Thursday, February 28, 2008

i like giants

here are the fabulous lyrics to the song "i like giants" by kimya dawson.

When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the sideOf the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the skyAnd I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tinyIn the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me

But it's only really scary cause it makes me feel sereneIn a way I never thought I'd be because I've never beenSo grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everythingI am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someoneSay you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sunLook at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the skySay I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eyeI am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye

When I saw Geneviève I really liked it when she saidWhat she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliffShe said I like giantsEspecially girl giantsCause all girls feel too big sometimesRegardless of their size'

When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the sideOf the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothesI'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowlAnd the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole

So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soulBut my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornadoSo I flip to my back and I float and I singI am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everythingI am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

So I talked to Geneviève and almost cried when she saidThat the giant on the cliff wished that she was deadAnd the lemmings on the cliff wished that they were deadSo the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead

When she thought up all those reasons that they ought to live insteadIt made her reconsider all the sad thoughts in her headSo thank you Geneviève, cause you take what is in your headAnd you make things that are so beautiful and share them with your friends

We all become important when we realize our goalShould be to figure out our role within the context of the wholeAnd yeah, rock and roll is fun, but if you ever hear someoneSay you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sunLook at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky

Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eyeI am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eyeI am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eyeAnd I don't wanna make her cryCause I like giants